46 stories by "Tiffany Raymond"
The Steel City Shakespeare Center is devoted to bringing theatre to the underserved and breaking down notions that Shakespeare is only accessible to people of a certain class, income or educ…
The 28th annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival (PNWF) once again awes with an admirably ambitious line-up. The festival features four programs (A-D) over a three and a half week span. Each pr…
Director Rick Campbell chooses to open Ray Cooney’s play, Funny Money, at the South Park Theatre with the song “Love and Marriage.” The tune provides a peppy backdrop as housewife Jean…
Director Connor McCanlus’ deep experience as a comedian and improv artist shines in Throughline Theatre Company’s uproarious production of The Inspector General. McCanlus doesn’t limit…
For anyone who has ever experienced office life, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play Gloria, presented by Hatch Arts Collective, is both funny and relatable. There’s a host of recognizable char…
Poetry is in many ways the original form of storytelling. Long narrative poems like The Odyssey preceded the alphabet and were passed down the generations through oral tradition. Oral poets …
South Park Theatre’s production of Katherine DiSavino and Kevin Mead’s play, Seasonal Allergies, reminds us that dealing with recovery from loss is not a skill in which us humans general…
The Apple Hill Playhouse opens their 36th season with Andrew Bergman’s play, Social Security. With a name like Social Security, one fears the theatre itself may be edging into its dotage w…
One of my favorite films is Jim Jarmusch’s Night on Earth, which traces five different stories unfolding simultaneously in five taxicabs around the world. When you clamor into a cab with t…
Ronald Harwood’s 1980 play, The Dresser, is the inaugural production in Little Lake Theatre’s 70th anniversary season, and it’s the first time the theatre has staged this play. It’s …
As the progeny of two alcoholic parents, I felt mixed emotions going into Sean Daniels’ autobiographical play, The White Chip. The play traces his descent into alcoholism and subsequent em…
The House of Bernarda Alba was the last play Federico Garcia Lorca wrote before his untimely death in 1936. The Spanish Civil War was just breaking out. Like many artists, Garcia Lorca suppo…
The question of Shakespeare’s continued relevance in the modern world is an inquiry that never fully quiets. After all, so much has changed across four centuries since William Shakespeare …
The Gift of the Magi was adapted by Jon Jory from a 1905 short story by O. Henry. Logically enough given the genre of origin, the play is fairly short and condensed. The narrative traces …
One can’t help but feel the warm glow of the holiday spirit watching the endearing production of White Christmas at the Palisade Playhouse in Greenfield. The playhouse is a converted Presb…
Time may march on, but there’s something immutable about the roles one regresses into during family holiday gatherings. Sibling rivalries flare, there are passive aggressive references to …
There are times you’re acutely aware that while yes, you’ve faced hardships, you’ve also led a life of privilege simply by having a roof over your head and a bed to sleep in. All Quiet…
I reviewed the first installment of 12 Peers Theater’s Mythburgh series last month. The second in this three-part series of Pittsburgh-focused stories was also staged at the Brillobox. Las…
What stands out most in The Theatre Factory’s production of Steven Dietz’s Last of the Boys is William Mitas’ commanding set design. The small 7-row theatre feels dwarfed by the massiv…
Huge ensemble casts were a hallmark of 1930s theatre, which was largely driven by government funding of the Federal Theatre Project as part of the Works Progress Administration. A cast of 30…
The 27th season of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival at Carnegie Stage continues with a trio of new one-act plays in Program C. The first show is Julie Zaffarano’s Destiny is a Carele…
